Improved washing-machine



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Lette-rs Patent No. 107,151, dated September 6, 1870.v

. IMPRovEn WAsHING-muren:mi.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom ttmiay concern..

Be it known that we, CHARLES S. BAKKER and ALEXANDER'PURDY, of Hector, in the county of Schuyler and in the State ot' New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Washing-Machines; and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof', reference being had to the accompanying drawing inaking apart of this specification, in which- Figure l is a vertical central section of' our device as applied to a tub, and

Figure 2 is a plan view of the face of the rubbers.

Letters of like naine and kind refer to like parts in cach of the figures.

vOur invention has for its object the cleansing of soiled clothing by mechanical means; and

It consists in the peculiar construction and arrange- Inent of the several parts of the device, whereby the saine is adapted for use in an ordinary tub, as is hereinaftcr set forth.

In the annexed drawing- A represents a bed-piece, of a suitable size to receive and support an ordinary tub, having secured to and extending upward from opposite sides, thereof two posts, B and C, within the latter of which is pivoted one end of the lever 1),.that i-om thence extends across and rests within a corresponding slot provided in the upper end of the post B. f

J ournaled within a suitable bearing passing vertically in and through the center of the lever D, is a shaft, E, which is provided, upon its upper end, with a head, G, and has attached to its lower end a circular disk, lF, upon the lower face of which is secured, radially, two series of haltroundrihs or rubbers, f.

A second disk, F', corresponding in size and shape -with 'th-alI before described, and also provided with the rubbers f', and a bar, H, havingr one of its ends secured horizontally within the head G of the shaft E,

completes the device; the operation of which is as follows:

rying with it the shaft Eand disk F, an ordinary tub, I, is placed upon the base A, and the disk F placed within said tub, with its ribbed face upward. A suitable quantity of suds and soiled clothing heilig placed within the tub, the lever D is restored tb a horizontal position, causing the disk F to rest upon the upper.

side of the clothing, which is then cleaned by rotating said disk for a few times, then raising it, changing the position of the clothing, and again rotating the disk in contact with the latter.

It may be found advantageous to occasionally use the upper disk as a pounder, and alternately raise and depress the same, but, tor ordinary work, the rotary motion will be found preferable.

lne especial advantages possessed by this device arise. from the ease with which it can be applied to any tub, the efli'oiency of its operation, and the small cost at which it can be furnished.

Having thus fully set forth the naturevand merits of our invent-ion,

The hereinbefore-described washing device, for application to ordinary tubs, consisting ot the base A, the

-posts B and C, the pivoted lever l), the shaft E, 'provided with the head G and bar H, and the disks F and F', provided with the radial ribs or rubbers f and f, substantially as shown and specified.

. In testimony that we claim the ioregoing, we have hereunto set onr hands this 25th day ot' May, 1870.

CHARLES S. KANKER. ALEXANDER.I PURDY.

Witnesses:

liMoTrrY M. VAN WORMER, OHAs. HAGER.

The lever D, being raised to a vertical position, car 

